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Top 50 Books to Read Before You Die

I have definitely not read all of these. Maybe not even half of these. But I hope you've read some and enjoy this list.
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Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien)
2
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
3
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
4
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
5
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
6
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
7
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
8
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
9
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
10
Hamlet
Hamlet
11
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
12
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
13
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
14
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
15
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
16
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
17
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
18
The Bible
The Bible
19
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
20
Ulysses
Ulysses
21
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
22
Birdsong
Birdsong
23
Money (Martin Amis)
Money (Martin Amis)
24
Moby-Dick--Moby-Dick the Whale (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick--Moby-Dick the Whale (Herman Melville)
25
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame)
26
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials
27
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
28
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
29
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
30
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
31
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
32
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
33
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now
34
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
35
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
36
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
37
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
38
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
39
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (Carlos Baker)
Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story (Carlos Baker)
40
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gullivers Travels (Jonathan Swift)
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